http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2013/01/update-on-cs2-and-acrobat-7-activation-servers.html So like, are we cool to use it or what. They are stil being pretty vague... they specify this is for customers but they also don't state that non-customers are not allowed to redeem these. Methinks the cat is out of the bag.
I'm having a hard time seeing how they're going to get the cat back in the bag, there's serials everywhere and with all these major news outlets reporting the story as though this is an intentional Adobe giveaway I don't think they're going to have a fun time trying to sue anybody who uses these keys for commercial work.…
Still not buying into the idea that it's stealing. I know what you're saying, but the evidence doesn't suggest piracy. 1. Adobe publicly posted serials AND download links to activation free installers. 2. Adobe made no attempt to say that these files were for registered users only; If anything, they made them available to…
Just go here https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=cs2_downloads&pid=4485850 and register, so you can download all CS2 pack for free. I don't know if it will last forever, so grab it while you can :)
It's hypotetical, Andreas. Adobe will never do this. But I mean it would be a good catch to reduce the number of pirated cppies around the world. And assure fidelity with next upgrades (cs7, 8...). But I'm not marketing analyst, I'm just a guy exposing his thoughts on a forum. Maybe, like you said, if they simply admit…
You can also looking at it this way, that Adobe can use its advertising for their products, and spread out to many people, who then get 'hooked' on the freebie. And then there is Adobe with the newer versions, with more features that people want, and now a large market who already know its products.
That is the boggling conundrum isn't it, the way other developers guard their sales is by closely guarding their serial numbers, but Adobe put the serials right on the download page. There are no hoops to jump through its actually harder to give them money for the older software than it is to get it from them for free.…